Cast: Emile Meyer

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Emile Meyer. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Paths of Glory

1957 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Kirk Douglas · George Macready · Adolphe Menjou · Ralph Meeker

Synopsis Paths of Glory (1957) is a gripping anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Set during World War I, it follows a French army colonel who is ordered to lead his exhausted troops in a near-suicidal mission to capture an enemy...

8.4

54K votes

8.4

54K votes

Shane

1953 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Alan Ladd · Jean Arthur · Van Heflin · Brandon De Wilde

Synopsis Shane (1953) follows the story of a mysterious gunslinger, Shane, who arrives in a small Wyoming valley and befriends a homesteader family, the Starretts. As tensions rise between the settlers and a ruthless cattle baron, Shane becomes an unlikely protector,...

7.7

11K votes

7.7

11K votes

Sweet Smell of Success

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Burt Lancaster · Tony Curtis · Susan Harrison · Martin Milner

Synopsis A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curtis) tear into the maelstrom of midtown Manhattan's night creatures in a sinister game that involves money, power and ultimately survival.

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

The Man With the Golden Arm

1955 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Otto Preminger

Cast Frank Sinatra · Eleanor Parker · Kim Novak · Arnold Stang

Synopsis Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.

7.3

4K votes

7.3

4K votes

The Tall Men

1955 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Clark Gable · Jane Russell · Robert Ryan · Cameron Mitchell

Synopsis Ben Allison and his brother Clint journey to Montana in search of gold. They come upon wealthy businessman Nathan Stark who talks them into becoming partners with him on a cattle drive to Montana. As they travel to Texas, they...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Silver Lode

1954 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Payne · Lizabeth Scott · Dan Duryea · Dolores Moran

Synopsis Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarthy, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and...

7.0

724 votes

7.0

724 votes

The Lineup

1958 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Eli Wallach · Robert Keith · Richard Jaeckel · Mary LaRoche

Synopsis An international drug-smuggling racket plants heroin on unsuspecting American tourists traveling in Asia, so that the dope traffic can pass through customs undetected. Two psychopathic killers (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) and their driver Richard Jaeckel then collect the contraband.

6.8

576 votes

6.8

576 votes

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Paul Wendkos

Cast Darren McGavin · Margaret Hayes · Warren Stevens · Peggy McCay

Synopsis When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will, a shocked District Attorney Michael Norris decide to do something about it. Not knowing who can be trusted on...

6.7

24 votes

6.7

24 votes

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Neville Brand · Emile Meyer · Frank Faylen · Leo Gordon

Synopsis Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife, wanted to make a film about the appalling conditions he saw while he was incarcerated....

6.7

341 votes

6.7

341 votes

The People Against O'Hara

1951 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Spencer Tracy · Pat O'Brien · Diana Lynn · John Hodiak

Synopsis James Curtayne (Spencer Tracy) has retired from law but he returns to defend John O'Hara (James Arness) on a murder charge. Curtayne's drinking and rustiness result in O'Hara's being found guilty, but Curtayne makes further efforts to prove him innocent.

6.6

294 votes

6.6

294 votes

Shield for Murder

1954 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Howard W. Koch · Edmond O'Brien

Cast Edmond O'Brien · Marla English · John Agar · Emile Meyer

Synopsis A vicious cop kills a bookie's runner and steals $25,000 from the corpse. He then frames everyone in sight in order to keep to the money to buy a model home for his would-be lounge singer girlfriend.

6.5

73 votes

6.5

73 votes

Baby Face Nelson

1957 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Don Siegel

Cast Mickey Rooney · Carolyn Jones · Cedric Hardwicke · Leo Gordon

Synopsis George "Babyface" Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger...

6.2

75 votes

6.2

75 votes

Man with the Gun

1955 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wilson

Cast Robert Mitchum · Jan Sterling · Karen Sharpe · Henry Hull

Synopsis A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his...

6.1

338 votes

6.1

338 votes

The Big Night

1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Losey

Cast John Drew Barrymore · Preston Foster · Joan Lorring · Howard St. John

Synopsis George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning...

6.0

177 votes

6.0

177 votes

The Maverick Queen

1956 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Barry Sullivan · Scott Brady · Mary Murphy

Synopsis A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.

5.7

111 votes

5.7

111 votes

Gun the Man Down

1956 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast James Arness · Angie Dickinson · Robert J. Wilke · Emile Meyer

Synopsis Three outlaw buddies rob a bank, but one of them is wounded. His two partners and his girlfriend take his share of the loot and run off, leaving him to be captured by the sheriff. Years later, after he gets...

5.6

84 votes

5.6

84 votes

Good Day for a Hanging

1959 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Nathan Juran

Cast Fred MacMurray · Margaret Hayes · Robert Vaughn · Joan Blackman

Synopsis As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen.

5.5

84 votes

5.5

84 votes

White Feather

1955 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Robert D. Webb

Cast Robert Wagner · John Lund · Debra Paget · Jeffrey Hunter

Synopsis The story of the peace mission from the US cavalry to the Cheyenne Indians in Wyoming during the 1870s. The mission is threatened when one the officers falls for the chief's daughter.

5.5

177 votes

5.5

177 votes

Raw Edge

1956 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction John Sherwood

Cast Rory Calhoun · Yvonne De Carlo · Mara Corday · Neville Brand

Synopsis In the lawless Oregon country of 1842, local magnate Gerald Montgomery decrees that any unattached woman belongs to the first taker. Dan Kirby is lynched, starting a stampede to claim his half-Indian wife Paca. Trouble starts with the local tribe,...

5.2

103 votes

5.2

103 votes

A Time for Killing

1967 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Phil Karlson · Roger Corman

Cast Glenn Ford · Inger Stevens · Paul Petersen · Timothy Carey

Synopsis During the Civil War Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way they kill a Union courier who has a message that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the...

5.1

194 votes

5.1

194 votes